diff --git a/spec/factories/stages.rb b/spec/factories/stages.rb
index 168acb6..13c2e65 100644
--- a/spec/factories/stages.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/stages.rb
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     factory :playoff_stage do
       level { rand(10) }
       transient do
+        match_state { :not_started }
         match_count { 4 }
       end
       after(:create) do |stage, evaluator|
         # match_count -1 automatically generates 2 ^ stage.level matches
         # (as this would be the amount of stages present in the real world)
-        stage.matches = create_list(:match, evaluator.match_count == -1 ? 2**stage.level : evaluator.match_count)
+        stage.matches = create_list(:running_playoff_match,
+                                    evaluator.match_count == -1 ? 2**stage.level : evaluator.match_count,
+                                    state: evaluator.match_state)
         stage.matches.each_with_index { |match, i| match.position = i }
       end
     end